Perched on an Oneroa hillside, this house belies its architectural rigour with an inherent ease. It is a place for bare feet and open doors; for slow mornings, warm afternoon sun, and conversations that linger long into the evenings.
Perched on an Oneroa hillside, this house belies its architectural rigour with an inherent ease. It is a place for bare feet and open doors; for slow mornings, warm afternoon sun, and conversations that linger long into the evenings.
Wedged into a cliffside beside the wild harbour
of Wellington’s Eastern Bays, this year’s Home
of the Year is a masterly object full of sculpture
and craftsmanship, grandeur and human scale.
Bounded by two expansive character homes on the banks of Ōrākei Basin, a contemporary insertion of modernist proportions feels as fitting as it does refreshingly honest in its intention.
Julie Stout and Richard Naish will take the stage at Fisher & Paykel’s new Penrose headquarters for an evening that turns attention away from their buildings and toward the experiences that have shaped their work.
This year, the Brick Bay Folly entrants have reimagined a quiet corner of the sculpture trail’s pecan grove in unexpected ways. Five finalists have emerged, each offering a distinct vision for the site. Vote for your favourite entry and win with Brick Bay Folly and Architecture Aotearoa.
Gaggenau’s new Vario cooling Expressive series introduces an architectural sensibility to refrigeration, uniting a refined material palette with precise technology and a considered vision for wine storage.
Siân Taylor of Team Green Architects, Marc Lithgow of Space Division, and Tim Ross of Architype design passive houses, and all three live in one. Federico Monsalve spoke to them about comfort, cost, where the movement is headed, and why the idea hasn’t yet tipped here.
Winners of HOME’s Interior of the Year in 2023 for Speargrass House in Queenstown, Australia’s Arent&Pyke continues to produce interiors built on a clever amalgamation of local and international influences. The studio’s latest, a reworked villa in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, is a stunning case in point.
Autex Acoustics®’ five new colours Colosseum, Marina, Park, Petra, and Rushmore are a collection of muted, architecture and nature-inspired tones that bring warmth, character, and functionality to interior spaces.
Perched on an Oneroa hillside, this house belies its architectural rigour with an inherent ease. It is a place for bare feet and open doors; for slow mornings, warm afternoon sun, and conversations that linger long into the evenings.
On an elevated site in an exclusive rural enclave in Coatesville, JCA Studio has devised a home for two: a collection of abstract forms overlooking and nestled within an idyllic swathe of hill country.
Last week architects, designers, and built-environment leaders from Aotearoa and across the Commonwealth came together for three days of ideas, inspiration, and connection.
Rich Naish of RTA has just been announced as the recipient of the Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal for 2026 — the highest honour the institute presents annually to those working in architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Since 1959, Bledisloe House has anchored central Auckland, its rhythmic concrete grid and board-formed structure embodying the optimism of post-war modernism. As the building enters a new chapter, Alexander &CO. has been appointed to reimagine its interiors with renewed purpose.
Time is the judge of great design. Longevity, in both aesthetic appeal and quality, remains one of the surest measures of whether an object has achieved design’s imperative to stay relevant and useful.
Aotearoa’s dynamic landscape is dotted with rural settlements — microcosms of raw natural beauty that the country is known for. Mangakuri in Hawke’s Bay is one of those places.
Long and low on the crest of a vineyard-covered hill, this Hawke’s Bay home by Clarkson Architects unfolds across a series of richly layered spatial and material experiences.
Cities across the globe face an ongoing challenge: how to deliver density that makes our cities better places for people. This is a complex and deeply consequential task. Are our current planning systems up to it?
In Wānaka, where alpine peaks meet the enduring traditions of year-round holiday living, Johnston Architects has reimagined the familiar crib for a new generation.
Kuroi Ma translates to ‘black void’, an apt name for a home that exists as a paradox: recessive in tone yet vivid in its context, it is the only one of its kind within a dense and growing subdivision, where a sea of interchangeable brick-and-tile homes stretches across the landscape.
At Waihi Beach, a new wellness destination reimagines the familiar language of contemporary recovery spaces.
Aotearoa’s design community is often celebrated for the quality of its work, but less frequently for the relationships that sustain it. ‘In Good Company’, a new short film series by Powersurge, turns its attention to the creative exchanges behind the work.
On the shores of Lake Rotoiti, this holiday home draws on the region’s rich geological history — from the magma deep beneath the earth’s surface to the mossy greens and pristine blues of the forest and lake.
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Entries to Home of the Year 2024 are now open.
Home of the Year is an annual programme that celebrates the country’s best new homes, and comes with a $10K prize for the overall winner.
Click here to enter, or to find out more about the 2024 awards programme.
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In the Coromandel, a home with a humble profile and a thoughtful design makes the most of a stunning location.
This sculptural Northland bach is a perfect north arrow on a remote farm high above the sea.
Built with awe-inspiring attention to detail, this Arrowtown home is a fresh interpretation of a familiar Otago rural vernacular.
Part gallery, part sculptural abode, this award-winning home above Takapuna Beach is surprisingly secluded.
A hilltop home in Dunedin becomes a gallery of sorts, its form an object of art itself – one of warmth, playfulness, and urbanity.
With the sun on its bow and the community at its stern, this is a house in which the elements are always front of mind.
A mature and restrained response to an awe-inspiring location. The architect has combined a wide range of influences — from Sri Lankan to,
This Auckland home delightfully reimagines city living, marrying privacy with insightful and intimate layers of connection.
